Once in a Blue Moon

Today is the day, and yes tonight it will be a full moon (according to scheduled cycles). Alexandra's due date was March 11, and that seems to be the day she will be coming home. Jeanette and I will be at the hospital this afternoon for class on her prescriptions. Then we spend the night at the hospital in a transition room (it is a padded room with straight jackets). Then if all goes well, the earth and moon align she will be on her first car trip heading home in the morning. The girls will be sleeping at the Abuelos. Amanda will be eating Bonn-Bonn's with their shoes on the bed. Liana will be causing havoc with free reigns on the house and snack closet (never, I repeat NEVER put your goodies in a closet at waist level! She raids the closet at a whim and runs around trying to stuff the crap in her mouth if she is caught).
The Ides of March is approaching this Sunday. It use to mean for me: that's the day Julius Caesar was assassinated, but now it's just Jeanette's birthday. I foresee a day at home, basking in the sun, hearing feint noises of children playing outside ... since I will be on the sofa with half a bottle of scotch consumed trying to dull the noises of the kids and the monitor alarm going off ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.